Mt. Sac Disaster in the Elite 800m

My god this is horrific

Probably the worst race disaster we've ever seen

Not as big of a meet but something similar happened at ACC Indoors

The only silver lining is there seemed like no injury. Still, mindboggling lack of situational awareness there.

Wow. Most extreme penalty allowed by law for that idiot cameraman.

Yeesh. Take that guy's media credentials. Always look both ways

I'll just add that the race commentary on both videos in this thread (Runnerspace and All Clemson Sports) was far superior to anything that NBC has out out over the last decde.

Man, Mt SAC can’t catch a break. The few people that didn’t abandon the meet run into a cameraman. Feel bad for Jewitt. He DNSed at Clay and went to Mt SAC for that.

I think the only race I ever saw that was nearly as decimated as this one was the 2005 Prefontaine women's 1500m. I believe around 8 or 9 runners went down with several DNFs. Unfortunately, I cant find the video anywhere. There are photos online but no video I am aware of. That fall was not caused by an inattentive cameraman; it was simply a chain reaction when one runner went down.

Well, the sport in general in the US is fried as long as Max Siegel is around.

"Corruption"? Surely you meant something else...

That cameraman is not good.

Most of you are too young to remember this moment from 24 yrs ago.

The guy was not even aware that an 800m race had started with a gunshot 52 seconds before. He was on the infield with a long lens, probably concerned with a field event? I can't come up with any other benign and innicent explanation for a normal sport photographer, especially with any connection to t&f to walk out before looking both ways twice. Earbuds? Phone distraction? Too many Long Island Ice Teas under the sun?

It’s Rich Gonzalez’s fault

Maybe I'm just an a-hole, but why are a couple of the runners helping the cameramen and shaking his hand? I'm not saying they should curb stomp him, but once it's clear he's alive, does he really deserve any assistance after what he just did?

Meet Directors stopped paying 30 years ago when camcorders came out. So you get what you Pay for.

probably normal human reaction to having laid the guy out inadvertently, regardless of who (ie the camerman) was at fault.